CVE-2021-25216 - Reachable Assertion

Severity

98%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

98%

In BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credential configuration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. For servers that meet these conditions, the ISC SPNEGO implementation is vulnerable to various attacks, depending on the CPU architecture for which BIND was built: For named binaries compiled for 64-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a buffer over-read, leading to a server crash. For named binaries compiled for 32-bit platforms, this flaw can be used to trigger a server crash due to a buffer overflow and possibly also to achieve remote code execution. We have determined that standard SPNEGO implementations are available in the MIT and Heimdal Kerberos libraries, which support a broad range of operating systems, rendering the ISC implementation unnecessary and obsolete. Therefore, to reduce the attack surface for BIND users, we will be removing the ISC SPNEGO implementation in the April releases of BIND 9.11 and 9.16 (it had already been dropped from BIND 9.17). We would not normally remove something from a stable ESV (Extended Support Version) of BIND, but since system libraries can replace the ISC SPNEGO implementation, we have made an exception in this case for reasons of stability and security.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Demo Examples

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

In the excerpt below, an AssertionError (an unchecked exception) is thrown if the user hasn't entered an email address in an HTML form.


               
assert email != null;

Overview

First reported 3 years ago

2021-04-29 01:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-06-07 14:15:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

ISC BIND 9.9.3 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.9.3

ISC BIND 9.10.5 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.10.5

ISC BIND 9.10.7 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.10.7

ISC BIND 9.11.3 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.11.3

ISC BIND 9.11.5 S3 Supported Preview Edition

9.11.5

ISC BIND 9.11.5 S5 Supported Preview Edition

9.11.5

ISC BIND 9.11.6 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.11.6

ISC BIND 9.11.7 S1 Supported Preview Edition

9.11.7

References

https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2021-25215

[oss-security] 20210428 ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

DSA-4909

[debian-lts-announce] 20210504 [SECURITY] [DLA 2647-1] bind9 security update

https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2021-25215

Not Applicable

[oss-security] 20210428 ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20210429 Re: ISC discloses three BIND vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-25214, CVE-2021-25215, and CVE-2021-25216)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

DSA-4909

Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20210504 [SECURITY] [DLA 2647-1] bind9 security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0006/

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-657/

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